On Feb 18, 2014, at 8:08 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2014, Chris Mann wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I’m trying to send a custom log file that our program generates to the >> remote rsyslog server, with little to no luck. Ideally, I’d like to have >> that log sent to it’s own file and not mixed in with the syslog traffic. >> >> We’re using Ubuntu 12.04LTS > > So, if you are using the default version of rsyslog, this is old enough that > it's unsupported by the community (but your issue is probably not version > dependant), what version is running?
I’m running v7 stable from the adiscon apt-get repo. > >> Server rsyslog server config: >> >> $ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging >> $ModLoad imklog # provides kernel logging support (previously done by >> rklogd) >> $ModLoad immark # provides --MARK-- message capability >> >> # provides UDP syslog reception >> #$ModLoad imudp >> #$UDPServerRun 514 >> >> # provides TCP syslog reception >> $ModLoad imtcp >> $InputTCPServerRun 10514 > > why use an odd port like this instead of using the standard 514 port? Just preference and as Rainer said, 514 is used by something else :). > >> $template DynaFile,"/var/log/remote/%HOSTNAME%.log" >> *.* -?DynaFile > > ok, this logs everything into per hostname files, with no filtering ahead of > it. > >> ########################### >> #### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES #### >> ########################### >> >> # >> # Use traditional timestamp format. >> # To enable high precision timestamps, comment out the following line. >> # >> $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat >> >> # Filter duplicated messages >> $RepeatedMsgReduction on >> >> # >> # Set the default permissions for all log files. >> >> $FileOwner syslog >> $FileGroup adm >> $FileCreateMode 0640 >> $DirCreateMode 0755 >> $Umask 0022 >> $PrivDropToUser syslog >> $PrivDropToGroup adm >> >> # >> # Where to place spool files >> # >> $WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog >> >> # >> # Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/ >> # >> $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf >> >> # This one is the template to generate the log filename dynamically, >> depending on the client's IP address. >> $template >> %RemoteHost,,"/var/log/remote/%HOSTNAME%/%$YEAR%/%$MONTH%/%$DAY%/syslog.log" > > this template is by hostname, not client IP, you would use %fromhost-ip% > instead of %hostname% if you want it by IP > > but it really doesn't matter since you don't have anything that uses this > template. I also think that you can't use % in a tempate name, and should > only have one , > > as a result, I'm pretty sure that you get errors about being unable to parse > the config file when you startup. Actually, I’m not getting any errors on start up. rsyslog starts up just fine. > >> >> Client rsyslog config: >> >> # $ModLoad imfile >> $ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging >> $ModLoad imklog # provides kernel logging support (previously done by >> rklogd) >> # $ModLoad immark # provides --MARK-- message capability >> >> # Watch /var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log >> module(load="imfile" PollingInterval="10") >> input(type="imfile" >> File="/var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log" >> Tag="ejabberd:" >> StateFile="state-ejabberd" >> Severity="info" >> Facility="local6" >> ) >> >> # Provides UDP forwarding. The IP is the server's IP address >> # *.* @54.227.155.34:514 >> >> # Provides TCP forwarding. But the current server runs on UDP >> *.* @@devil.walkingservers.net:10514 >> >> # provides UDP syslog reception >> #$ModLoad imudp >> #$UDPServerRun 514 >> >> # provides TCP syslog reception >> #$ModLoad imtcp >> #$InputTCPServerRun 514 >> >> >> ########################### >> #### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES #### >> ########################### >> >> # >> # Use traditional timestamp format. >> # To enable high precision timestamps, comment out the following line. >> # >> $ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat >> >> # Filter duplicated messages >> $RepeatedMsgReduction on >> >> # >> # Set the default permissions for all log files. >> # >> $FileOwner syslog >> $FileGroup adm >> $FileCreateMode 0640 >> $DirCreateMode 0755 >> $Umask 0022 >> $PrivDropToUser syslog >> $PrivDropToGroup adm >> >> # >> # Where to place spool files >> # >> $WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog >> >> # >> $IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf >> >> >> Can someone kick me in the direction of where I’m screwing up? > > In general, you should put global directives before any output. I don't know > if that matters or not > > I don't know of there is anything being added by the include lines. > > > so, this sends logs from the client to the server, using the default format > (because you haven't specified anything), and the server then writes them to > /var/log/<hostname>.log files > > now, you do set the logs you read from the file to the facility local6, so > you could filter on that on the server if you want them written separately > > but, what is it that you think should be happening with this config? and what > is actually happening? Long story short, I’d like the ejabberd.log file to go to /var/log/remotes/$hostname/ejabberd.log as well as have the remote syslog file go to the same place on the rsyslog server. I’ll fully admit, I’m new to rsyslog. I’ve tried the docs, but there seems to be such a vast way of doing things like this between v5 and v7, I’m all turned around and not sure exactly what the right way is. > > David Lang_______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of > sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T > LIKE THAT. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
